all ran with it. Problem is, the bill doesn't actually ban sex between humans, and while our politicians can be a little slow, they definitely didn't forget that humans are technically animals.

"The answer is this poorly-worded miasma of a law recently passed in Florida, which presumably was designed to prevent bestiality and promote animal welfare, but which has actually made it illegal, effective October 1, 2011, for anyone to have sex in Florida," wrote Southerfriend Scientist.

See, the bill as written prohibits "knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal," and doesn't specifically define "animal" and humans are technically "animals," so ergo human sex will be outlawed.

Except, it won't be. This blog has a crude take on why it doesn't outlaw sex between humans, but it's much more complicated than it needs to be.

Rick Scott hasn't signed the bill into law just yet, but assuming he does it would become part of Chapter 828 of Florida law. Chapter 828 specifically deals with crimes involving animals, and the very first statue in 828 defines broad terms that would appear in other statutes in the chapter.In fact, here's the first sentence from 828.02:

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